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VOL. XXIII.
PLYMOUTH, N. C.t FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1913.
NO. 37.
dAuIIN UtrtAItU
H SENATOR Ml
ARKANSAS SENATOR SELECTED
BY DEMOCRATS AS PRESIDENT
PRO TEMPORE OF SENATE.
OHTHER OFFICERS ELECTED
Georgian's Friends Felt He Had Not
Bean Fairly Treated Tillman
Utters a Warning.
Washlngon. Democratic senators
succeeded In agreeing upon candi
dates to fill only three of the offices
of that body. These were:
Senator James P. Clarke of Arkan
ena A enAoaad Canafnf lallln Cf rif
New Hampshire. Republican, as pres
ident p-o tempore of the senate.
The Rev. E. J. Pettyman of the Dis
trict of Columbia to succeed the Rev.
U. G. B. Pierce as chaplain.
Charles P. Higglns, a real estate
dealer of ft. Louis, to succeed E. Liv
ingstone Cornelius as sergeant-at-arms.
;
Senator Clarke was elected by a
vote of 27 to 14 over Senator Augus
tus O. Paeon of Georgia, who alter
nated with Senator Gallinger In the
office of resident pro tempore
throughout the last session and whose
election had been considered practi
cally a crt-ainty since the Democrats
gained control.
Senator O'arke wbs placed In nomi
nation bv Senator O'Gorman of New
York and Senator Bacon by his col
league. Senator Hok Smith of Geor
gia. Both were eulosrized by their
cbamoiops. Other senators seconded
the nmintionO,,,'lT,tI'-pfne' he fact
tha Mr Clarke's term would expire
In the next two years, his supporters
made an anneal for his election on the
pTOrd that it would be of assistance
to him in his rce for re-election
The" also, tiree the fact, that Senator
Poon was in Vp for the chairman
ph'n of the committee on foreign re
lations a a reason wbv he should
not be elected to preside over the
senate.
Th re"ilt f-' ti piMoa caused
pons'rferoHlp sM- bp friends "f Sena
tor pafrn 'poi'i- that he had not
ben fa-'rW tra.ted
oppato" RTr'th tendered his res'gna
tion as a mwr of tb staeHne com
mftfee. to which h bad ben an
nomtM Mr Smith', bo hid been
espeoiall" 'eloua 'n h's Bunort of
Senate Baron, paid be feH his col
leaKPe bad been made to suffer on bis
account. He was 'nduced to with
draw the resignation later, but not
until there ha been a general discus
sion of the affair.
Senator Bacon himself said he had
been unprepared for the defeat, be
cause he had not known there was
any other applicant for the office. He
added that if he had been Informed
that any other person desired the
honor he would have withdrawn rrom
the race.
Senator Tillman spoke at some
lenern, cnarg ng w. uam a ui"
to the intemperate desire on the part
of some senators to do away with the
pstahlished customs of the senate by
retiring the older men in the interest
of the new. He found in Senator
Raoon the first victim of the modern
crusade and uttered ' a warning
acrainst proceeding too far along this
line.
U. S.TESTS FRIEDMANN CURE
Seven Patients Treated In the Pres
ence of Government Surgeons.
Vow Vnrl Tn a thirtv-minute clin
Ic. Dr. Friederich F. Friecfniann's vac-
,cine was given a test in the presence
of United States government officials.
The seven cases treated are to remain
under sovernment inspection, and up
on the development will depend the
official report It was announced
that Doctor Friedmann had furnished
ho Federal representatives with spec
imena nf his bacilli culture, and that
clinical observations would continue
tn he made by them.
Gathered at Mount Sinai hospital,
where the test took place, was a par
ty of thirty.or more surgeons of the
city and the Federal otnciais
To Liaht Laboring Man's Load.
Washington. Legislation affecting
labor in order to lighten the load of
ihnna "men and women upon whom
the dead weight and burden of it all
ha fallen pitilessly the years
nimna-h" is expected to be one of the
principal a ms of the new administra
tion, and focusses eyes on the new
department of labor, headed by Wil
liam B. Wilson. The new head of
this department is an extreme labor
unionist, and is supposed to have
been the personal cholec of Samuel
Gompers. -
SUBSTITUTE
MICAOO IVININO POT.
32,000 IMS CAPUMD
TURKISH FORTRESS, KEY TO THE
POSSESSION OF EPIRUS PROV
INCE, HAS BEEN CAPTURED.
For Hours Preceding Surrender the
Greek Batteries Poured Deluge
of Shells on the Fortress.
Athens, Greece. The Turkish fort
ress of Janina. key to the possession
of Eplrus province, with its garrison
of 32,000 men, surrendered to the
Greek army, after a defense which
stands out as one of the most bril
liant episodes of the Balkan warv
The surrender was preceded by a
fierce bombardment continuing two
days and nights. Every available gun,
including heavy howitzers by the Ser
vian artillery, was brought to bear on
the forts defending the beleaguered
city. '
Thirty thousand shells were . fired
by the Greek guns during the first
days' cannonade. Gradually ' the
Turks' batteries at Bizani, Manoliara,
Saknl and elsewhere were silenced.
The Greek tcjamanders, by a feint,
led the Turks to believe that their
attack would be made from the right.
As soon as the attention of the de
fenders had been distracted the
Greeks hurled large bodies of Infan
try on to the Turkish left. -The Ot
toman troops, utterly surprised, fell
back In disorder.
Batteries on the heights of Bizani,
the mainstay of the defense, had been
unable to stand the pelting of the
shells and were reduced to complete
silence.
The Greeks pushed their forward
movement and occupied the Turkish
batteries on the Sakni and Elas hills,
capturing all the guns and 110 artil
lerymen. Then the Greek battalions
gradually ' deployed on to the plain
in front of the city itself.
The Turkish flight Immediately be
came general. Whole detachments
succumbed to panic and joined in a
mad rush for the city. ,
- Wild enthusiasm reigned in the
streets of Athens on announcement of
the news. All houses were decorated
with flags.
The Greek advance on Janina be
gan late in October. The Turks retir
ed rapidly before their opponents and
operations round the fortress opened
about the beginning of December.
The attack continued with varying
success, even during the period of
the armistice, to which the Greeks
never formally agreed.
Clark Continues as Speaker.
Washington. Speaker Clark was
renominated; v Representative Under
wood of Alabama again chosen chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee, the entire Democratic personnel
of that tariff-making body named and
all the house officers renominated at
a harmonious six-hour caucus of the
Democrats of the house of the Sixty
third congress. The caucus took place
in the house chamber, and 270 of the
290 house Democrats were present.
Insults to Women to Be Investigated.
Washington. Aroused over the fail
ure of the Washington police depart
ment to maintain order during the
progress of the suffrage pageant of
a the senate began an investi
gation, to place the responsibility for
lack of protection for the women
marchers. The Investigation is a re
Bult of a joint resolution of congress
directing the police department to
furnish protection to the suffragists.
Senators Jones, Dillingham and Pom
erene are named as an lavest'gatlon
committee.
FOR SLEEP?
' X Haven't Had'
& chance a tKaf
rnas pockets
v L
Six morn.no,
TAFT RESTINGJN GEORGIA
FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE NOW
SPENDING THREE WEEKS
IN AUGUSTA, GA.
Inauguration Crowd Did Not Forget
Retiring President and He Was
Smiling to the Last.
Washington. William Howard
Taft, public servant, since he wa3
21, said farewell to public life and
became a citizen of the republic that
he has served over the seas and
throughout the world for so many
years that he has almost forgotten
when he enlisted.
, His goodbye was a smile. A hand
shake for the members of his cabi
net; a courtly bow to the women
friends who . braved . the inauguration
discomforts to bid him and Mrs. Taft
God-speed . in the ' Union station; a
wave of the hand and another smile
for the people who stood in the train
Bhed and watched his train pull slow
ly out for the South.
The last that Washington saw of
the twenty-seventh president was the
dim outline of a big smiling figure in
a frock coat, with hair a little awry,
standing on the rear platform of , a
private car as it was swallowed In
the curling smoke of the tunnel that
leads under the city to Dixie. His
last glimpse of the city where four
years ago he became chief executive
and now a private citizen by the peo
ple's will was when he looked from
the platform of his car across the
broad Potomac to where the Washing
ton monument lifted jts gray, pointed
peek to the gray sky.
,He Is now in Georgia to rest and
piay as the guest of the city of Au
gusta for three weeks. On March 27
he plans to go north again to New
Haven to settle down under the elms
of Yale to the peace and quiet of life
as professor of law. He left with no
bitterness in his heart, he told friends,
but only with thankfulness that he
had been given the opportunity to
serve.
Absorbed at It was In the inaugura
tion pageant, Washington did not for
get the man, the retiring president.
Although he was hurried in one of
the white house cars from the back of
jthe white house down through the
I mall and over back streets, hundreds
I of those on the sidewalks who rec
loenized him cheered him lustily. He
was forced to break through the line
of march in front of the capltol to
get to the Union station
Prohibition ' Wearies Vermont Towns.
Montpelier, Vt. A marked Increase
In the license vote was one of the
features of the elections in the cities
and towns of Vermont. Seven towns
changed from no-license to license,
while only two places, including the
small city of Vergennes went from
"wet" to "dry." Early returns Indi
cated that the constitutional amend
ments to change the date of state
elections from Sepember to Novem
ber had carried.
Confederate Flag Designer Dead.
Raleigh, N. C Capt. Orren Ran
dolph Smith, designer of the Confed
erate flag, died at the home of his
daughter, Miss Jessica Smith, in
Henderson, N. C. Captain Smith, 82
years old, had been blessed with good
health. He had been forced at times
to defend his claim as the designer
of the stars and bars, the ensign of
the Confederate republic, but he ap
pears to have won a historical con
census that he deserved that honor.
DYNAMITE HORROR
10 BE INVESTIGATED
FEDERAL PRZJBE TO PLACE THE
BLAME FOR DISASTERTHE
CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.
MANY BODIES RECOVERED
Between 40 and 50 Killed and Over 60
Wounded When the Steam
er Blew Up.
Baltimore. Three hundred tons of
dynamite being loaded in the British
tramp steamer Alum Chine, in the
lower harbor off Fort Howard, ex
ploded, instantly killing from forty to
fifty men, wounding and maiming
three score more, some of whom may
die, and dealing destruction to half
a million dollars' worth of property.
The cause of the disaster is un
known, but the Federal authorities
have instituted a thorough investiga
tion to place the blame. Excited sur
vivors told conflicting stories, some
insisting that a negro stevedore caus
ed the explosion by jamming a plek
into a case of dynamite. This Is de
nied by eye-witnesses who declare
that smoke was seen pouring from
the Alumn Chine's hold several min
utes before the explosion occurred.
For a radius of many miles the
shock of the explosion was felt Re
ports came early from many cities
and towns where windows were shat
tered, and it was first reported an
earthquake had done much damage
TELEPHONE NO LUXURY.
Large Companies Render More Effi
cient Service Than Small Ones.
Atlanta, Ga. The telephone Is no
longer a luxury but a necessity. Be
fore the days of the telephone we
managed somehow to get along with
out it, but now we find it indispensa
ble. It would be impossible to esti
mate its vahifi in dollars and cents
as a labor-saving device, to say noth
ing of the pleasure we derive from
Its use. Farmers living in remote
sections save many trips to town by
its use. We are enabled to converse
with people miles away and to trans
act business that otherwise would
compel us to travel long distances
at great expense and loss of time.
Wc save many miles of weary travel
and many dollars annually . by the
use of the telephone. It is not only
valuable in this respect, but Is a
great convenience in many ways. It
has done much to make farm life
more tolerable and less dull. Per
haps nobody enjoys the telephone
more than the farmers and their fam
ilies, although the business and pro
fessional man uses It many times
each day. We are all interested in
good service and anything which
tends to improve it. In this part of
th state we have good telephone
service, - but this is not saying that
our present service could not be im
proved; but certain it is that the ser
vice could not be, greatly improved
iatiner conditions. We have
many little telephone companies op
erating in different parts ol me coun
tv anil in our judgment, the service
could be greatly improved if all these
were owned and operated by a single
rrm nan V. We believe that competi
tion is neither necessary or desirable
in the teleDhone business. Service is
what we want and the patrons have
ntti interest in the ownership of tne
lines. All public utilities should be
controlled by a board operaung uu
Hor nnthnritv of law. and service a3
well as rents and charges should be
rointfid hv thf. board. Telephone
companies should be allowed to make
such charges as are necessary to give
nH uprvine and this service coma
be greatly improved and cheapened if
Qu onr lines were owned and operat
ed by a single company. There Is no
mnra reason why we should nave IWU
or more telephone companies operat
Ing In a city than that we should
have two or more postofflces. Each
vit for miblic service ana conven
ience and no one would attempt to
argue that two or more postal sys
tems would Improve or cneapen iu
corvino a large telephone company
can render better and cheaper 'service
than a small one. Olate (Kas.) mae
pendent.
n -t Allan finally Sealed.
UuOTll vl . j
Richmond, Va. Floyd Allen, lead-
n.iMnw hand 'n Carroll coun-
ty, and his son, Claude Swanson Al
len will be executed in the state pen-
itentiary on Marcn zn iur meu
In the HHlsville court murder on the
14th of March, 1912, Governor Mann
i : ,af,,ori to .nmmntA the sen-
uavius
tence to life imprisonment. The pris
nno.a mora tn have died March 7. al-
though the governor granted a respite
of three weeks. The respite was ac
nto, yv th Aliens as an Indication
tcvv
that the governor woiVd show mercy.
LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE
Short Paragraphs of State News That
Has Been Condensed For Busy
People of State.
Goldsboro. The charred remains of
a colored woman named Abbie Welling
were found here In the smouldering
tobacco at the Winston Tobacco Fac
tory which burned several days ago.
Salisbury. The city aldermen have
fixed the fare for riding in the city'B
new patrol wagon at $1. The alder
men have also passed an ordinance
requiring the muzzling of all dogs.
Raleigh. Motorists thorughout the
state will be vitally interestd in the
bill which the General Assembly has
just enacted into law dealing with the
use of - automobiles throughout the
state.
Raleigh. C. R. Hudson, Dr. B. W.
Kilgore and other state farm demon
stration workers have returned from
Southern Pines, where recently they
conducted a highly pleasing institute.
vis, Washington patent, attorneys, re
port the grant to citizens of North
Carolina of the following patents. W.
H. Canup, Salisbury stock-car; S. J.
Fisher, Asheville, attachment for bath
tubs; J. L. Joyce, Townsville, saw-
guide; R. L. McMinn, Asheville, cloth
esline; I. Olli, Crestmont, hook.
Salisbury. -A passenger train on
the Norwood branch of the Southern
was derailed two miles from Whitney
several days ago. The tender jumped
the track and the train was delayed
five hours. No one was hurt. A
wrecking crew was called from Spen
cer to bring in the disabled train.
Washington. Messrs. Davis & Da
Raleigh. Over the appeal of 3,000
club women and disregarding the
recommendations of Chief Justice
Clark, Attorney General Bickett, State
Superintendent Joyner and many
school teachers of the state, the North
Carolina lower house voted down the
propositio- to give women the right
to sit on school boards and vote school
matters.
Chapel Hill. Pleasant Garden High
School of Guilford County, represent
ed by Grady Bowman and S. C. Hodg-
In, won out In the final contest of the
High School Debating Union here and
their names, together with that of
their school, will be engraved on the
Aycock Memorial Cup as the state
champions over 90 schools and 360
debaters.
Hendersonville. - Hendersonville
Township has pledged itself in a reso
lution; adopted at a good roads meet
ing for Hendersonville and Harper's
Creek townships, to Issue bonds in
ihe amount of $20,000, provided Har
per's Creek will do likewise, for the
purpose of building a hardsurface
road from Hendersonville to the Bun
combe County line. Hendersonville
also agreed to meet any other town
ship on a similar proposition.
Newton. The supervisors of the
different townships are practically all
through collecting the $1 exemption
tax which frees a man from road duty
for one year. The roads are being
worked by contract under the new
system which is proving a wonderful
success. -The Newton Township force,
working on the Newton-to-Hickory
road, are almost through with the
grading and will begin laying the
sand-clay at once. - -f
Salisbury. Contracts for the erec
tion of a $2,060,000 dam across the
Yadkin river, near Whitney, have just
been awarded to a Cincinnati con
8truction company, according to an
nouncement made here several days
ago. It is stated that the dam is to
be made of concrete and will be 1,-
000 feet long and 145 feet high, back
ing up nln square miles of water.
ThV powerjeveloped by a hydro-electric
plant, 'will be used by a French
syndicate in the manufacture of alu
minum products.
Charlotte. At' a meeting of the
Mecklenburg branch of the Farmers
Union, held at Back Creek Church In
Crab Orchard Township recently
plans were formulated for the annua
fertilizer bill for the county, which
will aggregate approximitely 1,000
tons this Spring. This ferailizer is
bought under the terms of the con
tract which the state division effected
some time ago with the manufactur
era, the prices being approximately
what the fertilizer dealers have here
tofore been allowed. This contract
was made on a basis of 100,000 tons.
Winston-Salem. At the regular
meeting of the Winston alderman, the
board upheld the law prohibiting the
raising of hogs within the city limits
Mayor R. I- Dalton cast the deciding
vote.
Winston-Salem. The Forsyth coun
ty commissioners sold a bond issue of
$1SO,000 to the Security Trust Co., of
Spartanburg, S. C, which put in the
highest of the thirteen bids received
A premium of over four thousand dol
dalrs was -paid on the issue. Money
derived from the bonds will be used In
liquidating the county's floating debt
created in building good roads, etc.
HAS HARD TASK
AHEAD OF lil
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE WILL
POINT OUT THE NEED OF
TARIFF REFORM.
WANT OTHER WORK DONE
The President Heard Urgent Pleas ire
Behalf of Two Subjects Which Dem
ocrats of Influence Think Should
Be Taken Up Immediately. ,
Washington. President Wilsons
may find a harder task before kiar
than Democratic leaders expected, to
carry out the plan -of restricting Con
gress to the consideration of the tariff
alone at the special session still three',
weeks away. The President hear
urgent pleas In behalf of two subjects,
which Democrats of influence believe
should be taken up and disposed of a&
soon as possible. Representative
Glass, prospective chairman of th
House Committee on Banking aadl
Currency, urged the necessity for im-"
mediate consideration of currency re
form, and former State Chairman1
Hefner of the State of Washington,
asked the President to consider a
recommendation for the immediate
enactment of legislation looking to the
development of Alaska, Mr. Glass left!
the White House convinced a cur
rency measure might be partly per
fected at the special session, thought
hardly likely to be passed.
Mr. Hefner was assured of a fur
ther hearing, at which Senators and!
members of the House interested i
Alaska will have an extended hear
ing. Their efforts will be directed to
ward having the President support at
plan proposed by the Alaskan Rail-'
ways Commission for the construction!
of several railways designed to open
the coal fields of that territory.
Assurance came from Senate lead
ers, however, that the tariff-only pro
gram could be carried through suc
cessfully in that branch of Congress.
Any bitterness which may have de
veloped as a result of the recent Sen
ate caucuses, the President was told
will not interfere with ft strict adher
ence to a policy of tariff revision and
that alone. Progressive Republicans,
not approached as yet by Democratic .
leaders, are expected to fall in line
with the dominant party.
Bryan Receives Diplomatic Corp.
Washington. Secretary Bryan, by
appointment formally received most
of the diplomatic corps ill, Washing
ton. The secretary made a speech,
telling the corps in the name of Presi
dent Wilson, of the earnest desire
of the administration to strengthen
the relations between the United
States and other members of the
great family of nations. Ambassador
Jusserand, dean of the corps, replied
in a responsive strain, and then per
sonally presented the members of the
diplomatic body to the new secretary
of state. They were particularly im
pressed by Mr. Bryan's earnest ap
peal to them to call upon him per
sonally without restraint whenever
they felt that the relations between
their governments.
Rebles Supplies to Federal-.
Mexico City. Vlacente Segura, a
retired mllliocairr matador, who sev
eral months age rurchased a sop ply
of arms and ammunition in New Or
leans to aid the revolt started by Fe
lix Diaz at Vera Cruz, has turned over
the bill of lading for the supplies to
the Mexican go era men t, which will
have them delivered to the federal
army fighting against the rebels in
the northern states.
Departmental Changes.
Washington, Heads ef the two
scientific bureaus of the department ef
commerce, Dr. Otto H. Tillman, of
the coast and geological survey ami
Dr. Samuel W. Stratton, of the bu
reau of standards have -been advised
by Secretary Redfield they are to m
tain their position. Rebert W. Pin
den, Jr., chief clerk of the department
ef commerce and labor has resigned:
The Investigation Is Spreading.
Chicago. Lieut. Gov. Barvetl
O'Hara, chairman of the Illinois son
ate committee investigating WMt
slavery," has received coiraufrr
tions from the governors of Wiscon
sin, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, and
Ohio, informing bira that they wiI
include in their scxt measae recooa
mendatioa . for the appetetrscat of
commissions as the illHcois koy.'
"The movement premises to dvcAtr
the most important stand asiact
white slavery that ha ever bmm vat
dertaken," said Mr. O'Hara. j